Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich (C) watches the team's Champions League soccer match against Juventus at the Olympic stadium in Turin March 10, 2009. Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich (C) watches the team's Champions League soccer match against Juventus at the Olympic stadium in Turin March 10, 2009.

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  1. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich reacts during the World Cup qualifying playoff second leg soccer match between Slovenia and Russia, in Maribor, Slovenia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.

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  1. Russian millionaire Roman Abramovic applauses as he watches the World Cup 2010 qualifying play-off second leg football match between Slovenia and Russia in Maribor, some 150 kilometers from capital Ljubljana, on November 18, 2009. Slovenia won 1:0 and qualified for the WC2010 in Sout Africa.
  2. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks with billionaire Roman Abramovich (L) during celebrations marking the 3rd anniversary of the Moscow School of Management 'Skolkovo' outside Moscow, on September 20, 2009.
  3. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich (R) during the celebrations marking the 3rd anniversary of the Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo" outside Moscow September 20, 2009.
  4. The head of Russia's Nanotechnology Agency, Anatoly Chubais (L), and Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich (C) take part in the celebrations marking the 3rd anniversary of the Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo" outside Moscow, September 20, 2009.
  5. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich reacts during the World Cup qualifying playoff second leg soccer match between Slovenia and Russia, in Maribor, Slovenia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
  6. Chelsea Russian owner Roman Abramovich (2nd R) before the English Premier League footbal match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in London on November 8, 2009. AFP PHOTO / Adrian Dennis FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY Additional licence required for any commercial/promotional use or use on TV or internet (except identical online version of newspaper) of Premier League/Football League photos. Tel DataCo +44 207 2981656. Do not alter/modify photo.
  7. Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich before the English Premier League footbal match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in London on November 8, 2009. AFP PHOTO / Ian Kington FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY Additional licence required for any commercial/promotional use or use on TV or internet (except identical online version of newspaper) of Premier League/Football League photos. Tel DataCo +44 207 2981656. Do not alter/modify photo.
  8. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich takes his seat before the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Manchester United at the Stamford Bridge Stadium, London, Sunday Nov. 8, 2009. 20 7864 9121 or EMAIL info@football-dataco.com FOR DETAILS.
  9. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: , NY DAILY , NY Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich appears after lunch at the restaurant Nello's on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  10. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: , NY DAILY , NY Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich appears after lunch at the restaurant Nello's on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  11. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: , NY DAILY , NY Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich appears after lunch at the restaurant Nello's on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  12. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: , NY DAILY , NY Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's girlfriend Dasha Zhukova appears after lunch at the restaurant Nello's on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  13. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: , NY DAILY , NY Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich appears after lunch at the restaurant Nello's on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  14. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: , NY DAILY , NY Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's girlfriend Dasha Zhukova appears after lunch at the restaurant Nello's on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  15. In this file photo taken Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks with Roman Abramovich, who holds on to second place list of Russia's richest, during the school's enrtance ceremony, just outside the Russian capital Moscow. Some of Russia's wealthiest magnates in 2006 founded a different kind of business school: one that would prepare managers for the bruising world of emerging economies, where companies may confront weak laws, corrupt courts and predatory bureaucrats. Last Sunday, three years later, the Skolkovo School of Management first full-time MBA class gathered with their teachers outside Moscow to celebrate their first semester on their gleaming $500 million campus.

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